I do have some server-side cleanup functionality which is basically a
session expiry, but this application is going to be needing every
advantage it can get in terms of server memory, so I need this close
window cleanup to occur as well (even though it's not a guarantee that
it will work every time, as Luke mentioned).
I think the only solution here is to call some javascript outside GWT
that can detect a page refresh.

On Mar 27, 3:58 pm, Vitali Lovich <[email protected]> wrote:
> The way I solve this is that a timer on the server cleans up sessions
> that haven't had activity in a while.
>
> It's a little bit simpler for me since I have a stateless setup with
> the session id simply being used for authentication purposes.
>
> I think that's the most robust approach - you don't need to maintain
> complicated state information in the server.  You simply have a
> permissions based approach as to whether or not a user is allowed to
> modify global resources & the client-side takes care of state.
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:23 PM, lukehashj <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > You can not rely on this event being raised before the browser is
> > closed. You can use the onunload="someJavascript()" on your body tag
> > and then some JSNI to call your google code.
>
> > Here's the problem: the event gets raised, and you start doing your
> > work. The window gets closed before you finish doing your work, and
> > your rpc never completes and the server never knows.
>
> > I'd say at best you get a 50% success rate with the window close
> > events :)
>
> > -luke
>
> > On Mar 26, 3:58 pm,bigtruckdriver<[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I'm in a similar predicament, perhaps you might have an idea of what
> >> to do.
>
> >> When the user closes the browser window, I want the application to
> >> logout his/her session automatically so as to free up memory on the
> >> server from their session. So I use the onWindowClosed() function to
> >> take care of this... But when the page is refreshed, the session gets
> >> logged out as well through the same function. This is something I want
> >> to stop from happening. Any suggestions?
>
> >> On Mar 15, 9:26 am, Rohit <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> > Hi
> >> > There is no way in GWT to distinguish betweenRefreshbuttonclick and
> >> > Window closebuttonclick. But you can trackrefreshbuttonwith a
> >> > little trick. You should use a time cookie which will expire after
> >> > some time. So whenrefreshbuttonis pressed, in on module load of
> >> > entry point , track the value of this cokkie, if this cookie is still
> >> > alive, this meansrefreshbuttonis pressed. The time this cookie will
> >> > expired should be considered. It should be very little.
>
> >> > Second for history, you should save your information in Session on
> >> > window close and then ifrefreshbuttonis pressed, get your
> >> > information from this session.
>
> >> > Thanks and regards
>
> >> > Rohit
>
> >> > On Mar 14, 2:30 am, "levi.bracken" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> > > You can restore state, but it's a bit more work than just using GWT
> >> > > History.  Basically you'll need to come up with some way of modifying
> >> > > the url search parameter (stuff after the #) to include some info so
> >> > > that you can bring the userbackinto the same state as they were
> >> > > before.   For example, if your application has a number of screens and
> >> > > they were on screen foo, which was loading with properties for an item
> >> > > with id 10 then you'd need that information in the Url.
>
> >> > > ex:  http://yourApp.com/gwtHostPage.html#screen=foo_id=10
>
> >> > > You could also put a conversation id in the url param and then keep
> >> > > the fine details cached on the server, but that makes the state/data
> >> > > more transient. If you go with an option like this though it can help
> >> > > make your pages open and work in other tabs and even make points in
> >> > > your application bookmark'able'.
>
> >> > > Now for the easy answer, yes you can just prevent the user from
> >> > > carelessly clickingrefresh.  Fortunately there isn't a way to trap
> >> > > somebody on a webpage (think about how bad the web would be).   But,
> >> > > you can use the WindowCloseListener to present a user with a
> >> > > confirmation before they close the window, navigate to a new page, or
> >> > > hitrefresh.  It'd look something like this (not tested):
>
> >> > > /////////////////////////
> >> > > Window.addWindowCloseListener(
> >> > >   new WindowCloseLisener(){
>
> >> > >     public String onWindowClosing(){
> >> > >       return "Are you sure you want to leave this application?";
> >> > >     }
>
> >> > >     public void onWindowClosed(){
> >> > >         // Cleanup if need be
> >> > >      }});
>
> >> > > ////////////////////////////////
>
> >> > > On Mar 13, 2:52 pm, dodo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> > > > GWT provides History.onHistoryChange event to handle history but how
> >> > > > can we restore application state when a user clicks onRefreshbutton?
> >> > > > For example the user performed multiple actions on the web site and
> >> > > > then clickedrefreshbutton. Now how using GWT History class we can
> >> > > > restore the same state?
>
> >> > > > Another question, is there a way to trap "Refresh" click before
> >> > > > actually the app refreshes and can be cancel the event?
>
> >> > > > Rajesh- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> > > - Show quoted text -
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